#albert hooi

[burlveneer-music]

EXEK - The Map and the Territory - dub-informed post-punk from Melbourne, sounding like 80s Bristol meets 90s Bristol

Australian sextet EXEK return with their sixth studio album, The Map and the Territory. Self-recorded throughout 2021 to 2022, frontman Albert Wolski describes it as ‘‘perhaps less ambitious than some previous EXEK releases. In a positive way, obviously’’. Comprising of eight tracks, there is a greater focus on song craftsmanship, where elongated jams play second fiddle to choruses and hooks. These new tracks will translate effectively into a live environment, and are destined to quickly become set favourites. And yes of course, the iconic EXEK album soundmarks remain ever present - dubbed out drums, guitar’s that sound like robot’s from Forbidden Planet, and deep synths that recall The Idiot. EXEK once again stay true to their trademark recording process - one of endless overdubs, allowing for maximal control whilst editing. Lots and lots of edits. Drummer Chris Stephenson would perform a collection of beats, that would then be sampled, and therefore plant the seed for ideas for songs. Seamstress Requires Regular Breaks might be the best example of this, where fluid jazz-funk drumrolls morph into a rigid post-punk march, and then back again, and then back again. But the funk doesn’t stop there. Welcome to my Alibi and Glow of Good Will pick up where 90’s hip-hop and R&B left off - smooth and sexy and a little bit dangerous. On the flip side of the dynamic spectrum, The Lifeboats and It’s Just a Flesh Wound, Darling sit facing towards the group’s more loud motorik arsenal. On EXEK’s latest offering, both the map and the territory are equally balanced.  All lyrics and music by Albert Wolski Andrew Brocchi - synths Ben Hepworth - bass and synth Valya YL Hooi - trumpet and vocals Jai K Morris-Smith - guitars, textures Chris Stephenson - drums Albert Wolski - vocals, guitars, synths, percussion, violin, bass, treatments Backing vocals by Merryn Jeann

[half-a-tiger]

FONTAINES D.C. - “I Don’t Belong”, off the new album ‘A Hero's Death’ available July 31st, 2020 via Partisan Records.

Directed by Conor Deegan III

Cinematography by Albert Hooi

Edited by Noel Murphy

[dustedmagazine]

EXEK — Advertise Here (Castle Face )

Advertise Here by EXEK

Melbourne’s EXEK has released a string of albums that tug at the edges of post-punk, incorporating elements of psychedelia and outré pop. Advertise Here, their fifth proper LP, dissolves the boundaries between genres even further. Arriving via Castle Face Records, these eight songs dive deeper into the pop continuum that the band explored with last year’s Good Thing They Ripped up the Carpet. Co-run by perennial genre-bender John Dwyer (Thee Oh Sees, Osees, et al), Castle Face is a perfect home for this chameleonic ensemble. Coincidentally, both Osees and EXEK are led by strong personalities who write and record all the music. Osees have Dwyer, and Albert Wolski is the mastermind behind EXEK. It’s here where the similarities between the two bands end. Dwyer seems to be leading his group toward a prog rock realm as Wolski seeks to lighten his band’s approach; maybe they’re two sides of the same dented, pocket lint-covered coin.

Even as Advertise Here reaches for accessibility, Wolski allows himself to experiment. His everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to genre extends to the instrumentation he deploys. There’s a heavy emphasis on bass and synths, but these are augmented by violin, trumpet, sitar, melodica, piano, and wok. Yes, wok. The snappy plink of spring reverb should also be listed in the credits, because it’s featured in almost every track. It's this and the rubbery bass that keep EXEK’s music rooted in post-punk, even as Wolski and crew slather on the melodies. 

Advertise Here plays out like six fully formed songs sandwiched between a pair of airy synth passages, the brief yet beautiful “Main Titles” and “Hiding a Smile.” Fans of the band might scratch their heads as that first piece floats into view, but all confusion evaporates when “(I’m After) Your Best Interest” kicks in, with its driving rhythm, searing guitars and synths, and Wolski’s nasally deadpan. Wolski’s notoriously half-hearted mumble is bolstered by the addition of actual singing, courtesy of Valya YL Hooi. Her mellifluous voice should be a pleasant surprise for fans of the band’s recent embrace of pop-leaning sensibilities. “Unseasonable Warmth” slows down the pace as Wolski flexes a hip hop flow over a loping bass groove. Hooi appears in the chorus for a bit of call-and-response, the two voices floating on a bed of echo. The band head into dance punk territory with “Parricide is Painless,” adopting a funky groove and spartanly employed samples. 

EXEK impresses the most on “Sen Yen for 30min of Violin,” as Wolski performs his best Ian Curtis impression and the band conjures a whirlwind of synth, piano, and trumpet over a motorik rhythm. Here is where all facets of the group’s style merge into six minutes of pop cleverly disguised as arty punk rock. With this piece alone, Wolski proves that he is smart enough not to leave the past behind as he and his band rocket toward a new and more approachable orbit. 

Bryon Hayes

[bestreasonstowriterecordreviews]

✰ BEST OF THE BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2019 ✰        

It’s that time again: let’s feast from 2019′s Grapevine That Is Never Pruned with 21 (+ approximately 277 more) of the BEST OF THE BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2019!    ✰ 7th ANNIVERSARY ✰ 

<All long playing vinyl records unless otherwise noted...& many cassettes>

✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ TOP 21 ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰

✰ TAIWAN HOUSING PROJECT  Sub-Language Trustees  (ever/never) ✰

✰ SAMANTHA RIOTT  Bloodletting download (self-released)

✰ PAULA GARCIA STONE  Undercurrent  cd (Linear Obsessional, UK) 

✰ POSSIBLE HUMANS  Everybody Split (Trouble In Mind)

✰ WILLIAM HENRY MEUNG cassette FMerror (chemical imbalance., Australia)

✰ LEILA BORDREUIL  Headflush  (Catch Wave Ltd)

✰ LEIGHTON CRAIG Diamond Eye (Bruit Direct Disques, France) 

✰ KNITTED ABYSS   Bad Lassies (Paradise Daily, Australia)

✰ WEAK SIGNAL  LP1  (Mag Mag)

✰ TOM OF ENGLAND  Sex Monk Blues (L.I.E.S.)

✰ DRY CLEANING  Boundary Road Snacks And Drinks & Sweet Princess LP (It’s OK, UK)

✰ 75 DOLLAR BILL  I Was Real  double LP (Thin Wrist Recordings) 

✰ DARK BLUE Victory Is Rated (12XU)

✰ KALI MALONE  The Sacrificial Code 3 cd (iDEAL Recordings, Sweden)

✰ SHABAZZ MYSTIK Chant D’Lâme (Off, Belgium)

✰ LONG HOTS Give And Take 7” (Third Man)

✰ AMIRTHA KIDAMBI & LEA BERTUCCI  Phase Eclipse cassette (Astral Spirits)

✰ CHRIS BROKAW  End Of The Night (VDSQ)

✰ SPIRAL WAVE NOMADS Spiral Wave Nomads (Twin Lakes/Feeding Tube)

✰ HAMA Houmeissa (Sahel Sounds)

✰ YL HOOI  Untitled  cassette (Altered States Tapes, Australia)

JEANINES Jeanines (Slumberland)

ARTEFACTOS DE DOLOR  La Niña double LP (Pain Artifacts)

U-BAHN  U-Bahn  (Future Folklore, France)

MDOU MOCTAR Ilana: The Creator (Sahel Sounds)

STEFAN CHRISTENSEN The Upcoming Flame (bruit direct disques, France) 

TYSHAWN SOREY & MARILYN CRISPELL  The Adornment Of Time cd (Pi Recordings)

ALE HOP Apophenia (Buh Records, Peru)

TIM PANARETOS  Submergence cd-r (chemical imbalance., Australia) & Opposites End download (self-released, Australia)

KATE CARR City Of Bridges download (Longform Editions, Australia)

WRITHING SQUARES  Out Of The Ether (Trouble In Mind)

MY NORTH EYE  (My) North Eye (2011) cd-r  (Reverb Worship, France)

PINOCCHIO  Pinocchio ep (Toxic State)

BRIDGET HAYDEN Soil And Song cassette (Synchronise Witches, UK) [comes with Karen Dalton fanzine!]

The COWBOYS The Bottom Of A Rotten Flower  (Feel It Records)

OLUMPUS  Caucus & Surplus downloads (both stabbies, etc., New Zealand)

CHUCK CLEAVER  Send Aid (Shake It!)

JOSÉ DIAS  After Silence, Vol. 1. cd (Clean Feed, Portugal)

KNIFE WIFE  Family Party cassette (Sister Polygon)

TRAMPOLINE TEAM  Trampoline Team (HoZac)

KATE CARR  Heatwave cassette (self-released, UK)

SEBASTIEN STH BISET  Islæd cd (Mnóad, Belgium)

PHAROAH CHROMIUM  Eros + Massacre  (Scum Yr Earth, France)

JOSEPH ALLRED Aspirant cassette (Garden Portal Tapes) & O, Meadowlark (Feeding Tube)

ANDREA BORGHI Tistre cassette (Dinzu Artefacts)

MOPE GROOVES Desire (See My Friends Records)

JOSHUA ABRAMS & NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY  Mandatory Reality (Eremite)

SOFIE BIRCH  Island Alchemy cassette (Constellation Tatsu) 

VOYAGE DATA  Voyage Data cassette  (Econore, Germany)

JONNY COUCH  Mystery Man  (Damages Sofa)

FISCHERLE  Gmatwacz cassette (Czaszka, UK)

ROCKET 808  Rocket 808 (12XU)

LINDA TRIP  Sad Bangers cassette (Superdreamer) 

MATTHEW J. ROLIN  Matthew J. Rolin (Feeding Tube Records)

STEKKERDOOS  Kalendar cassette (No Rent)

IAN HAWGOOD  光 (Home Normal, Japan)

ÀLEX REVIRIEGO • DISCORDIAN STRING ENSEMBLE  Incerto For Doublebass And Strings download (Discordian, Spain)

JULIA KENT Temporal cd (The Leaf Label, UK)

NAPS  Better To Give cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

TERROR OF THE DEEP  The A-Team cassette (Melted Ice Cream, New Zealand)

CLAIRE ROUSAY Friends cassette (Never Anything)

ANNA SUBIRIANA • POL PADRÓS • JOAN ANTONI PICH Brull’s Bet download (Discordian, Spain)

HAKOBUNE  A Fan, Strings, and Two Guitars cassette (Patient Sounds)

LORI GOLDSTON Things Opening (Second Editions, Germany)

The RESONARS  No Exit (Trouble In Mind)

MARCIA BASSETT • MANUEL MOTA • MARGARIDA GARCIA  Here They Rest Immobile (Yew)

URANIUM CLUB The Cosmo Cleaners: The Higher Calling Of Business Provocateurs (Fashionable Idiots/Static Shock, UK)

THE COOL GREENHOUSE  “Crap Cardboard Pet” 7” (Hidden Bay Records, France)

ROB NOYES “You Are Tired”/“Nightmare Study”  7” (Market Square Recordings, UK)

TOM LÖNNQVIST  Häviävän Pieni Osa (Guggenhavn Archive, Sweden)

GOTOBEDS  Debt Begins At 30 (Sub Pop)

GREG KELLEY/ROB NOYES  Greg Kelley/Rob Noyes split cassette (self-released)

DEAD SEA APES  The Free Territory  double LP (Feeding Tube Records) 

DRAGGS  Draggs cassette (Slime Street, Australia) 

SPRAY PAINT Into The Country (12XU)

SPF Paul’s McCartney 

2 CHEVRONS No Rules In Outta Space cassette (Albert’s Basement, Australia)

DARK TEA Dark Tea (Fire Talk)

TERRINE  Live At Home cassette (Econore, Germany)

The SNAKES  The Snakes (Anti Fade, Australia)

LIVE SKULL  Saturday Night Massacre  (Bronson Recordings, Italy)

ELKHORN  Sun Cycle/Elk Jam 2 LP (Feeding Tube)

MESSRS  Messrs 12” (Heel Turn Records)

VIRGINIA PLAIN  Strange Game (All Hands Electric)

JEN KUTLER  Dismbodied (EyeVee)

MOR AIR  Life Behind Glass cassette (Genot Centre, Czech Republic)

CIA DEBUTANTE  The Landlord (Siltbreeze)

JOSÉ DIAS  After Silence, Volume 1 cd (Celan Feed, Portugal)

LAURA LUNA CASTILLO  Folksonomies cassette (Cudighi Records)

THE GIRL IN TIMES NEW VIKING  The Girl In Times New Viking (The Fah-Q Catalog)

43 ODES  43 Odes cassette (Eiderdown)

OOF Vanity Plate cassette & EGO cassette  (both Fuzzy Warbles cassettes)

ORGUE AGNÈS A Une Gorge (three:four, Switzerland; Standard In-Fi - 2018)

MICHAEL MORLEY Heavens Idleness Awaits 2 LP (Thin Wrist Recordings)

CHRISTINA KUBISCH  Schall Und Klang cd (Fragment Factory, Germany)

HUNTED CREATURES Sleep Weed cassette (White Reeves Productions)

UNITED WATERS  Coma To Coma (Drawing Room Records)

JULIUS MENARD  Hr  cassette (Econore, Germany)

GEE TEE Chromo-Zone download (self/released, Australia)

AARON RUSSELL  Coral Music cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

9TH HOUSE  Planetary EP 12” (Hot Haus, UK) 

SCAN  Scan 7” ep (Drugfront)

The HECKS  My Star  (Trouble In Mind)

ALINA PETROVA & KIRA WEINSTEIN  Sad Ko cassette (Never Anything)

HIEROPHANTS  Spitting Out Moonlight (Anti Fade, Australia) 

NOTS  3  (Goner)

P WITS The Desire and Pursuit of The Whole cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)

GOLDEN PELICANS Grinding For Gruel (12XU)

TOPDOWN DIALECTIC  Vol. 2 (Peak Oil)

M. SAGE  Catch A Blessing (Geographic North)

ECHO OHS  Wild Weeds 12” (1:12 Records, New Zealand)

CIVIC  Selling, Sucking, Blackmail Bribes 7"  (Total Punk)

WENDY EISENBERG & SHANE PARRISH  Nervous Systems (Verses) 

KNEELING IN PISS  Tour De Force cassette (The Fah-Q Catalog)

s.soo Tyman download (New York Haunted, Netherlands)    

WSCHÓD  Wschód cd (Clean Feed, Portugal)

PREENING Gang Laughter (Digital Regress) 

CLARICE JENSEN  Drone Studies  cassette (Geographic North)

MARBLED EYE  Beat Sessions, Vol. 8 cassette (Shout Recordings)

STEVE MOORE  Steve Moore 12” (L.I.E.S)

The SELVA  Canícula Rosa cd (Clean Feed, Australia)

PROGRAM Show Me 12” (Anti Fade, Australia)

SLUMB PARTY Spending Money (Drunken Sailor, UK)

EUN-JUNG KIM & CHARLIE COLLINS  Shining Days cd (Linear Obsessional, UK)

NEON  Neon 12” (Square One Again)

CUCINA POVERA Zoom (Night School, Scotland)

PAULA SHOCRON & PABLO DÍAZ with GUILLERMO GREGORIO Díalogos cd (Fundacja Słuchaj, Poland)

MY NORTH EYE / LE GOÛT ACIDE DES CONSERVATOURS  MNE • L / G / A / D / C split cassette ([Equilibre Fragile], France)

The WOOLEN MEN Human To Human (Dog’s Table)

PIERCE WARNECKE & LOUIS LAURAIN  

Phonotypic Plasticity cassette (Astral Spirits)

BIG QUIET Interesting Times (Unblinking Ear)

SEAN ALI • LEILA BORDREUIL • JOANNA MATTREY I Used to Sing So Lyrical cassette (Astral Spirits)

POWDER  Powder In Space cd (Beats In Space)

MUKQS Jaki Crush cassette (No Rent)

DENNIS GONZALEZ & DEREK ROGERS Certain Aspects cd (Marginal Frequency) 

PONT-À-MOUSSON Bye Bye Mirello! cassette (ABrecords, France)

AKI  ONDA  A Method To Its Messiness (Thalamos, Greece)

ALEXANDER  Untitled cassette (Garden Portal)

BRANDY  “Clown Pain”/“Rent Quest” 7” (Total Punk)

MAJOR STARS  Roots Of Confusion, Seeds Of Joy  (Drag City)

LORI GOLDSTON & JUDITH HAMANN Alloys cd (Marginal Frequency) 

PAINT THINNER The Sea Of Pulp (ŌBLĒK)

JEANS BEAST  Unearthly Gardens Of The New Gods cd-r (Econore, Germany) & Attrition cassette (self-releases, Germany)

SKULL PRACTITIONERS  Skull Practitioners 12” (In The Red)

UROCHROMES  Trope House (Wharf Cat)

LIVINGDOG & MIKE JOHNSON CRO$$ cassette (Constellation Tatsu)

HEADROOM  New Heaven 12” (ever/never)

JEFF HENDERSON  The Charming Clarinet download (III Records, NewZealand)

GRAHAM DUNNING & EDWARD LUCAS End Of A Cable cassette (tsss tapes, Italy)

VILDE CHAYE Demos cassette (Brainplan)

Heavy Space Records - Anthology Volumes I & II cassettes (Ikuisuus, Finland)

KYLE EYRE CLYD Eggshell cd (Yew)

NEUTRALS  Kebab Disco (Emotional Response)

FREDDIE DOUGGIE Freddie Douggie: Live on Juneteenth cassette (International Anthem)

AGUSTÍ FERNÁNDEZ • WILLIAM PARKER • SUSIE IBARRA  One Night At The Joan Miró Foundation cd (Fundacja Słuchaj, Poland)

HUGO MASSIEN  Dance Trax Vol. 21 (Unknown To The Unknown) 

RRILL BELL Vagabond Laws cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

GAMARDAH FUNGUS  Natural Storm cd (Hidden Vibes, Ukraine)

WAYNE ROGERS  The Air Below (Twisted Village)

UNKNOWN SENDER Unknown Sender  (Colonel Records) 

BLUES LAWYER  Something Different (Mt.St.Mtn) 

DURA  Reverberation Hymns cassette (Garden Portal)

JODIE LOWTHER  The Cat Collects download (self-released)

WOLKOROTS Dan Manialogism cassette (Magma Tones, Finland)  

CEREAL KILLER  The Beginning And End Of Cereal Killer (Anti Fade, Australia)

COLIN WEBSTER/MARK HOLUB Nadir (Raw Tonk, UK)

The CAVEMEN  Lowlife 7” EP (Slovenly) 

FRANCISCA GRIFFIN  The Spaces Between cd (CocoMuse, New Zealand)

ANDY HUMAN & THE REPTOIDS  “Psychic Sidekick” 7” (Total Punk)

SEI A Mode Static 12” (Aus Music, U.K.)

JOHN SAINT PELVYN  Improvisation 7.7.18 download (Southern Jukebox Music) 

REBEL SCUM The Descent cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia - 2018) 

S. ARAW TRIO XIII Activated Clown cassette (NNA Tapes)

FERRAN FAGES & VASCO TRILLA  Gestell cd (Raw Tonk, UK)

HUA LUN  Wanderlænd + 2 cassette (Katuktu Collective)

VIRVON VARVON  Mind Cancer cassette (Girlsville)

PHILIPP OTTERBACH  The Rest Is Bliss (Knekelhuis, Netherlands)

EDITRIX Talk To Me download (self-released)

PAVLOV’S PUSS  Comfort Food  (Melted Ice Cream, New Zealand) 

NATHALIE STERN  Nerves And Skin cassette (Cruel Nature, UK)

AKI TAKASE  Hokusai  cd (Intakt, Switzerland)

MOORDDROOM  Deep VR Edits bandcamp DL (New York Haunted, Netherlands)

EXEK Some Beautiful Species Left (Digital Regress)

CLAIRE BIRCHALL  “Dead Air” bandcamp DL (it, Australia)

JUDY & The JERKS  Bone Spur cassette (Earth Girl) & Music For Donuts ep  (Thrilling Living) 

POWER STEERING  Power Steering cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)  

RASMUS TIETCHENS  HOBOTPAHC cd-r (New York Haunted, Netherlands) 

UTINUTIN  Black Cat, Anyeurism, And Simian Politics download (no label)

GUY BIRKIN  Yemen Data Project cassette (New York Haunted, Netherlands)

LINUS VANDEWOLKEN  Het Vlier Een Hommel Op Aarde 10”x 2 (Okraïna, Belgium)

JOHN CHANTLER  Tomorrow Is Too Late  (Room40, Australia)

JENNIFER VANILLA  J.E.N.N.I.F.E.R. EP 12” (Beats In Space)

WOW  Come La Notte  (Maple Death, Italy)

KATE MOHANTY  Disappear Here  cassette (Friendship Tapes) 

ASTRO SOCIAL CLUB & GRUMBLING FUR  Plasma Splice Trifle (vhf)

SANR  Kesif cd (Flaming Pines, UK)

ANDREW TASSELMYER & PATRICK SPATZ  Interior Currents cassette (Constellation Tatsu)

AHMEDOU AHMED LOWLA Terrouzi cassette (Sahel Sounds)

SKRU  Count Zero cassette (Bedouin, UAE)

PUGILIST Blue 06 12” (Whities, UK)

ULAAN  KHOL  Collapsing Hymns cassette (Worstward) 

L.$.D. FUNDRAISER  No Peace Without Tranquility (no label, New Zealand)  

COCHONNE  Cochonne (self released)

LE POUFS À CORDES Le Poufs À Cordes cd (Pagans, France)

FRET!  A Vanity Spawned By Fear cassette (Cruel Nature, UK) 

UNWAR  Other People cd-r (Magma Tones, Finland)

WOJCIECH RUSIN  The Funnel (Akashic, Scotland)

SLEEPER AND SNAKE Junction And High (Aarght, Australia)

The OILIES Psychic Dog (Fruits & Flowers)

ELI KESZLER Empire 12” (Shelter Press, France)

HAIDER 10961 12” (Aus Music, UK)

FOSTER CARE El Abuso (Total Punk)

TORN HAWK Time Is A Scam 2x 12” (L.I.E.S.)

The LICE Nancy Spungen download (self-released)

DJ XNX  ATX  (Get Busy!, Russia)

SHITTY LIFE Vinyls Discography (Lo-Fo Lo-Life, Germany)

GONG GONG GONG  幽靈節奏 = Phantom Rhythm (Wharf Cat)

SARAH LOUISE  Nighttime Birds And. Opening Stars (Thrill Jockey)

MYRIAM BLEAU Lumens & Profits (Where To Now?, UK)

TV DUST  Forget (MyOwnPrivateRecords / Occult Gang, Italy)

PRIMORJE Reference Path  cassette (Thalamos, Greece)

JUNE CHIKUMA Ler Archives LP + 7” (Freedom To Spend)

dMyanche  Ergonomie cassette (Indian Redhead, France)

EQUIPMENT POINTED ANKH Live (Sophomore Lounge)

VIV CORRINGHAM  Until I Learn The Language Of Mineral Vegetable  cassette (Linear Obsessional, UK)

JACOB WICK feel (Thin Wrist)

AMATEUR HOUR Framtiden Tillhör Inte Oss (Happiest Place, Sweden)

The FICTIVE FIVE  Anything Is Possible cd (Clean Feed, Portugal) 

DANKETSU 9  Towards A Walk In The Sun cd (Patient Sounds (intl))

IVAN THE TOLERABLE  Rations 2LP (Stolen Body, UK)

DANA  Glowing Auras And Black Money (Heel Turn)

NATE YOUNG  Volume 3: Dance Of The Weeping Babe 12” (Lower Floor)

SHOLTO DOBIE & MARK HARWOOD  The Blue Horse  cd (Penultimate Press, UK)

HEAVY METAL 4  (Statik Age Music, Germany)

WET TUNA  Water Weird (Three Lobed Recordings)

CARRAGEENAN Invisible Design cassette (Czaszka, UK)

PRIVATE ANARCHY  Central Planning  (Round Bale Recordings)  

HIDEO NAKASAKO  Texture Of Days cassette (Muzan Editions, Japan)

PRANA CRAFTER  Bodhi Cheetah’s Choice (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

PATRICK SHIROISHI & NOEL MEEK  Break Your Eyes cassette (Sploosh)

ANDY HUMAN & The REPTOIDS  Psychic Sidekick (Total Punk)

SLAG QUEENS  You Can’t Go Out Like That (Rough Skies Records, Australia)

ALIAS G Natural Love 12” (Unknown To The Unknown, UK)

NIVHEK  After Its Own Death / Walking In A Spiral Towards The House cd (W.25th)

GARCIA PEOPLES Natural Facts (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

MARCO SERRATO/FRANCESCO COVARINO Bestemmia cd (Raw Tonk, UK)

HOUSEWIVES Twilight Splendour  (Blank Editions, UK)

CLOUDWATCHERS  Cloudwatchers cd (Unexplained Sounds Group, Italy)

CATHERINE LAMB Shade/Gradient  (Black Pollen Press -2018) 

UNITED BIBLE STUDIES  Porti Sepolti cassette (Sloow Tapes, Belgium)

ÚJ BÁLA Diacritical Marks And Angels cassette (Baba Vanga, Czech Republic)

STRENGTH N.I.A.  Do Televisions, Frankie Moore ritual cassette (Stength N.I.A., UK)

DAVID LIPTAK David Lipton: Dove Songs [Tony Arnold, soprano/Allison D’Amato, piano] cd

ANNĒE ZĒRO  La Coolitude (Indian Redhead, France)

MELENAS “Ya Me No Importa Si Tú Quieres”/“Si Tú Me Quieres” 7” (El Nebula Recordings, Spain)

WHIRLING HALL OF KNIVES  Knukke cassette (Cruel Nature, UK)

PROTRUDERS  Poison Future (Feel It)

MOTHER JUNO  Commit cassette (popnihil)

LEFT HAND CUTS OFF THE RIGHT Purge cassette (Fractal Meat Cuts, UK)

CLAIRE ROUSAY  t4t  cassette (No Rent)

IQ+1  Conversaphone Plus (mappa, Slovenia)

BENOÎT PIOULARD & SEAN CURTIS PATRICK Avocationals (Bacon Sound) 

DELPHINE DORA  Dunkles Zu Sagen (self-released)

SOOT  Pockmarked With...Soot!  cassette (Eternal Soundcheck, Australia) 

DAN MELCHIOR BAND Negative Freedom (In The Red)

TÔLE FROIDE  Tôle Froide (Le Turc Mecanique, France - 2018)

AHMED AG KAEDY  Alkaline Kidal  (Sahel Sounds)

DUNNING & UNDERWOOD The Blow Vol. 5 cassette (Front & Follow, UK)

TAKAHIRO MUKAI Super Annoying cassette (Fort Evil Fruit, Ireland)

ANTONIO  High Voltage! cassette (Altered States Tapes, Australia) 

CUBE Decoy (W.25th)

The PLAINS  The Plains cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)

KA BAIRD  Respires (Rvng Intl.) 

GINO & The GOONS  Do The Get Around (Drunken Sailor, UK)

VIVIEN LE FAY  Ecolalia  (Boring Machines, Italy)

DUKE  Uingizaji Hewa  (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda)

ARIAN SHAFIEE  Arabic Voice cassette (unifactor)

MOUNT TROUT  Shelter Belt  cassette (Rough Skies, Australia)

OCEAN FLOOR  Vernalis cassette (Eiderdown)

CURRENT AFFAIRS “Buckle Up”/“World In Crisis” 7” (dotx3, Germany)

AARON SNOW  Instrumentals  ‘15-‘19  cassette (Surf Shop)

MELKINGS  Movement Music cassette (Regional Bears, UK)

DECIMUS  DECIMUS 6 (self-released)

SYLVIE COURVOISIER and MARK FELDMAN  Time Gone Out cd (Intakt, Switzerland) 

DANIEL HOLT Daniel Holt 12” (L.I.E.S.)

BEAT DETECTIVES  NYPD Records Volume 3: Nefertiti Abstract Movie cassette (NYPD Records)

STEFAN CHRISTENSEN & FRIENDS Unknown Fortune (C/Site)

DIRE WOLVES  Grow Towards The Light (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

FAMOUS LOGS IN HISTORY  Memories Of the Space Age cassette (Fuzzy Warbles Cassettes)

HAND & LEG Lust In Peace (Black Gladiator)

DEE DEE & The FUZZ COFFINS Three Golden Hits cassette (Earth Girl Tapes)

RAZORLEGS  Skip Skool cassette (Fadensonnen)

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Neil Morris, speaking to Alan Lomax in 1959:

“Well, when I was just a small boy, Old Uncle Milt Oldfield…Billy Oldfield, the Congressman from Arkansas for so long, it is his father. He and my father are awfully close friends. And they were discussing music. They were music teachers both of them.

“And uh, and they said, dad did and Uncle Milt sanctioned what he said, that MUSIC HAD NO END. That you could learn all the other guy [or girl] learned, and after you got that done they would then, something else would crop up. That uh, that you, that was the reason why that uh, music advanced. That’s why that you would get a better music in one generation maybe that is, uh, IT WOULD FIT THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED.”

[Lomax: “What about music on the grapevine?”]

“Welllll, they said that MUSIC GREW LIKE THE GRAPEVINE THAT IS NEVER PRUNED. That each year it’d…it’d put on a little bit more. That was what they said, now, about it. Any further questions?”’

[dwerb]

[usdskate]

@homiebill USD AEON Allstar Limited Edition Collection 2017 is the 20th anniversary of USD Skates and we are celebrating it big time with a limited-edition collection of USD AEON skates, resembling some of our most iconic designs as a tribute to the most iconic & influential skaters from the past two decades: Billy O´Neill, Carlos Pianowski, Albert Hooi & Rachard Johnson. The Aeon 60 Allstar skates are out now worldwide! #usdaeon

[mnovenia]

CHRISTMAS IN THE NETHERLANDS

Hooi! (dutch version of saying Hai)

Merry Christmas slash Happy Birthday Jesus! 

This year is obviously different. I used to be home on Christmas even my mom was still alive, but ever since I always spent it at Michelle’s infamous Chrismassy place. 

Still remember last year with each joy and difficulties, I was enjoying working at Asiatic, stressing about my application to Aarhus University, emailing many Indonesians who study abroad and procrastinating to meet up with Sam, etc. A year later (right now), such dream comes true. I didn’t imagine I will end up at this city by now.

Pheww, when I think about how will I spend my Christmas time in the Netherlands, probably I will say that I will be content by just staying at my room, enjoying the city, watching Netflix, that’s all. I had enough celebrations with classmates, homegroup, trip to Christmas Market at Koln, snowy Groningen Kerstmarkt, International Christmas, Jumat berjamaah and so on.

But God has a greater plan and always kindly gives me surprises. I enjoyed few last days of classes, I got 2 perfect score for SCM & ICL assignments (things are trully more beautiful if they are unexpected). So praise God, I never knew I’d nailed those two.

GOING TO GOES, ZEELAND

Few months back Kara & Jacco (friends from HMCC Kwc) asked if I want to come over and stay at their place. So I thought it’s a good idea to visit them during the Christmas time. I started to buy a cheap group tickets and miraculously found ones. Turned out that Kara said that Jacco’s family would like to have me over their family dinner. Deg! As an introvert, I felt like nervous, don’t know what to bring/say, just want to disappear like Lizzie McGuire cartoon version always does. But by God’s grace, I managed to face it anyway. I bought a nice & cheap wine (3eu, IKR, it’s so so cheap right here) at Albert Heijn, and useful gifts for Kara. 

It was a beautiful day, I dressed up & walked with my suitcase to bus station & travel all the way to Den Haag (where Jacco’s sister lives) by myself (so proud, never did it before). I transferred at Leiden and managed to arrive at Den Haag Holland Spoor. On the way I had plenty of time to reflect how wonderful it is to have a chance to live in a wealthy country, it doesn’t seem real somehow. I mesmerised the view outside of my train.

Arrived & successfully surprised a shout of ‘Goede Avond’ from the back of my head by the goofy Jacco. The three of us walked to the apartment, warmly greeted by Andreas, Leindert, Yakomin, Riana, and Mr & Mrs de Kok. It’s awkward at the beginning, they were all busy cooking, playing games, but by time I got occupied to talk to Jacco’s parent & the very friendly Leindert. We talk about work, business, my scholarship, my plan, etc. 

Till it was Kado Time, where Yakomin give everyone in the room their nice &  personal kado (surprisingly I got it too, ingin menangesss). The same thing with Jacco’s mom, she delivered kado for everyone including me. Then we took pictures, and off for dinner. Yakomin led us in prayer then we’re served with bloemensoep (sop bunga kol, yawlaaa so dutch beuds, even mreka minum pake gelas -_- ga ngerti lagi), then main dishes from Kara’s awesome kitchen, desserts of cake, ice cream & fruits, and wien and koffie/thee. In the table were full of jokes and stories, no phone (only 4 children were busily hanging around under the table) and it was simply a very memorable night for me. 

Seeing this family has restored my faith in Christ. Everywhere I go. To be honest I was bothered by the free life style of my friends here, I was trying to get used to it but God showed me AGAIN that He wants me to obey Him first. Godly family is not without problem, but their roots are Christ and it’s equal to Love that never ends. 

Then Jacco’s parents kindly drove us back to Goes (they all love to joke, and they make fun of me by saying that it will take 5hours, and I believed -_-’, c’mon how come 2 cities in this ‘large & wide’ country be reached by 5hours, LOLNESS), listening to PSV match, then arrived nicely at Kara & Jacco’s house.

They served me very nicely by indoor VERY AWESOME barbeque (perbaikan gizi anak rantau coy), nice bedroom & perfect heater, plenty of nice wine & snacks & games (Dutch blitz & Settler of Catans). I had a chance to visit their church, and on Christmas day, we brought me to go ice skating in the most beautiful Christmas Market at Middelburg, then treat me warm waffles, we went to KFC, visit Vlisingen beach & the awesome Orange Molen (windmill + told me the history behind it). After all, my heart is full, Kara also packed me soups & biskuits, gave me nice presents of chocolade & socks then we say goodbye at the station. God is gracious & led me safely to go back by perfect train, transferred in Rotterdam & right bus to go home safely. Thank you Lord for not only the greatest gift of Jesus Christ but also these lovely people you sent into my life. You answer my questions: DID I LIVE? DID I LOVE? DID I MATTER?

“The true light which gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him,” - John 1: 9-10

[ulysseswake]

“Joyce's work is a sequence. And this opening chapter forms a bridge between the end of Portrait of the Artist, where the Young Stephen Dedalus flies sunward, and the opening of Ulysses where he's summoned back and crash lands in Dublin." www.GlobalBloomsday.com Ulysses read cover to cover from over 29 locations around the world in one day. Presented by Senator David Norris Shot by Albert Hooi Edited by Mark O'Toole @ Media Coop Produced by Brian Herron for the James Joyce Centre Music: Kevin MacLeod, Danse of Questionable Tuning. Used under the Creative Commons License. Thanks to the Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin City Council, Bob Joyce, Mark Traynor, Yvonne Thunder, Gavin Joyce, Katherine McSharry, The Gathering, The Department of Foreign Affair, The O'Brien Press, The board and staff of the James Joyce Centre, Dublin.

via The James Joyce Centre Dublin

[albino-sun]

The Future - Main Titles 2017 from Albert Hooi on Vimeo.

Directed by Kev Freeney and Albert Hooi

Score arranged and produced by Simon Cullen

Garments by Aine Katrina Byrne

Cast:

Stephanie Defresne Nicola Migliorati Dylan Kerr

Choreography: Janna Kemperman Director of Photography: Albert Hooi Concept: Kev Freeney Producers: Algorithm Productions and Albert Hooi Editors: Albert Hooi and Kev Freeney Title animation: Dillon O'Sullivan Hair and Make Up: Grainne S Keating Art Diection: Kev Freeney & Aine Katrina Byrne Assistants: Dylan Knapp, Lewis Byrne & Daire Legaspi

Equipment supplied by Teach Solais, Film Equipment Hire and Bold Puppy

Video commissioned by Richard Seabrooke

Filmed in Home Studios

[airtothe]

Short Albert Hooi “Aeon” x @timfranken_usa gawds wheel sample test. @gawdsbrand @usdskates @moonshineuhmw @ghettocommunity @bladergangworldwide filmed by @trvpgxddr0 #21savage

[thebooted-blog]

Albert Hooi x The Booted 

http://www.thebooted.com/exposed/albert-hooi-2014/

[revolutionskate-blog]

Al Hooi x The Booted Edit

[eatmyshortsfestival-blog]

This promotional short film for Dublin's new tiny department store Makers & Brothers & Others made me a bit giddy. I see SO many of these types of vids on vimeo that sometimes I get weary of them but this one is so effective & well made (by Albert Hooi) with music by the gorgeous Lisa Hannigan, it's a pleasure to behold.

[reisler]

the barcelona sessions!

[usdskate]

@homiebill - 180 rocket mute -2007 Shot by Jero Stephenson USD AEON Allstar Limited Edition Collection 2017 is the 20th anniversary of USD Skates and we are celebrating it big time with a limited-edition collection of USD AEON skates, resembling some of our most iconic designs as a tribute to the most iconic & influential skaters from the past two decades: Billy O´Neill, Carlos Pianowski, Albert Hooi & Rachard Johnson. The Aeon 60 Allstar skates are out now worldwide! #usdaeon

[foreigncities]

Albert Hooi just shot with me last weekend and he also recently shot 'Selina' for Indigo & Cloth directed by http://www.jamieandkeith.com/